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Song · 2006

Dani California

Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released
2006
Guitar
John Frusciante
  • Solo

What makes the part famous

The techniques to work on to play it, each in one sentence.

  • Solo

    The passage where the guitar steps forward and sings on its own, phrase after phrase.

Dani California chords

What the studio found on the isolated guitar of the recording: the key and the chords, with fingerings that flow from one to the next.

Key
D minor
Chords
Dm · Am · G · D · C · F · Bm

The progressions that come back

    1. Dm
    2. Am
    3. G
    1. Dm
    2. G
    3. F
    4. C
    5. D
    6. F
    7. C

The chords and their fingerings

  • Dm
    D minori · Tonic××231
  • Am
    A minorv · Dominant×231
  • G
    G majorIV · borrowed213
  • D
    D majorV/iv · secondary dominant××132
  • C
    C majorbVII · Dominant×321
  • F
    F majorbIII · Tonic1342
  • Bm
    B minorvi · borrowed×1342

Automatic analysis: it can get a chord wrong, and your ear has the last word.

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